Tuck-loop-securing device.



H. GOLDENBERGi TUCK LOOP SECURING DEVICE,

APPLICATION man MAYM, I915.

Patentd Feb.15, 1916.

Java/7701": fifgi THE COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

HARRY GOLDENBERG, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

TUCK-LOOP-SECUR-ING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented m. 15, 1916.

Application filed May 1 1, i915. Serial No. 28,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY GOLDENBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tuck Loop-SecuringDevices, of which the following is a specification.

invention relates to improvements in tuck loop securing devices, and theobject of my improvement is to provide means in the form of a clenchingdevice for securing tuck loops of leather or webbing to the'belts'without stitching, and by means that are effective and reliable.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of part of abelt and a pair of tuck loops secured by means of my invention. Fig. 2is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of part of thesame. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line mas-of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is arear elevation of the tuck loop. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank forthe clenching device. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same with theends bent up to fit the belt. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the same.

The belt 10 shown in Fig. 1 is provided with two tuck loops 11, securedby means of my clenching device 12. The tuck loops 11 are ordinary andcomprise a strip of leather or fabric bent into loop form of proper sizeand shape to inclose the body of the belt 10 and to house the free endthereof, the ends 13 of the said tuck loop being brought into abutmentand secured together in some suitable manner, as by a metal clip 14, sothat the tuck loop is in the form of an endless structure. As is usualin belt construction, the belt 10 is looped around the bar 15 of thebuckle 16 and the tuck loops 11 are secured to the belt 10 adjacent thebuckle 16. In securing the tuck loop and buckle to the belt as mentionedthe belt is slipped through the loop or loops 11, the number being asdesired, the belt is bent around the bar 15 of the buckle 16, and thebelt end 17 is brought back along the rear face of the opposed portionof the belt body, and also at the rear of the tuck loops 11.Accordingly, a portion of the tuck loop 11 is positioned between thebody of the belt 10 and the opposed overlapping end portion 17, and theparticular part of the tuck loop 11 that is so positioned between theopposed parts of the belt 10 is the end portion comprising the opposedends '13, 13, and clip 14: that holds these together. The outer portion22 of of the tuck loop 11' serves as the tuck loop proper and isseparated from the body portion 1'0'of the belt by a space such as toallow for tucking the, free end of the belt therein as usual. In factthe features so far described are essentially ordinary.

My invention resides in the clenching de vice 12 and the manner of usingthe same for positioning the tuck loops on the belt and for preventingrelative longitudinal movement of one to the other, and as mentioned, todo this without the use of stitching. The said clenching device orclencher 12 is in the form of a closed loop having prongs 18 at theends, and when used in the manner to be described serves to positivelysecure the tuck loop in position.

In detail, the clencher 12 comprises a pair of side bars 19cross-connected at the ends by cross-bars 20, and the teeth or prongs 18extend outwardly from the said cross-bars 20. The side bars19 areseparated by an opening or space 21 that is of a width such as toconveniently slip over the outer portion 22 of the tuck loop 11 and thelength of the side bars 19 and opening-21 corresponding thereto isappreciably greater than the width of the belt 10. The end portions arebent at right angles to the middle portion as shown in Fig. 7 and asufficient distance apart so that the belt will fit therebetween. Alsothe prongs 18 are bent inwardly. In this condi tion the clencher 12 isready to be applied to the belt, and the same is eflected in thefollowing manner: The tuck loop 11 having been applied to the belt inthe manner described, the tuck loop proper 22 is positioned at the frontof the belt and the tuck loop ends 13 are positioned between the twolayers of the belt 10. The clencher 12 is slipped over the belt 10 fromthe front toward the rear, the tuck loop proper 22 passing through theopening 21, and therefore, one side bar 19 being on each side of thetuck loop 12. In this position the upturned end portions of the sidebars 19 cross the lateral of skeleton construction, the bars of whichthe same is constructed being relatively narrow. Furthermore, because ofthe narrowness of the bars mentioned they are relatively inconspicuous,and the portion that is eX- posed at the front is in the form of anarrow' line or one line effect on each side of the tuck Copies of thispatent may be obtained for bar engaged With the said loop, a tuck loopformed as an endless structure, having a portion of its lengthpositioned between the said overlapping portions, and a clenching device, the said clenching device comprising a pair of side barspositioned one on each side of the said tuck loop, each extending acrossthe front face of the said belt, over the lateral edges thereof, andinwardly from the said edges for an appreciable distance across the rearface of the said belt, and cross-bars connecting the ends of the saidside bars at the rear face of the said belt, and prongs on the saidcross-bars embedded in material of the said belt.

' HARRY GOLDENBERG.

Witnesses: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SAMUEL KAPLAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington,D. G.

